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Articles from April 2015

Collecting points and stars, killing zombies. Gaming takes up time, energy and motivation. But above all, gaming is fun. It is an archaic drive that is also more and more utilized for everyday challenges. This trend is called gamification, which puts elements typical for gaming in a different context.

In 2014 the worldwide biggest collection of video games was to be sold for 750,250 Dollar. The owner Michael Thomasson wanted to put his more than 11,000 video games up for auction on Ebay. 2,600 of these games were never opened by the owner and were still in their original packaging. No wonder, for collectors of video games it is by far not only about gaming.